Year 9, Day 411 (Construction Begins on Pathfinder 5!)

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 sayburstuff Year 9 Moho, Pathfinder 5, Pathfinder Missions

Constructions starts on the next Pathfinder 5, the next deep space probe!

Pathfinder 5 will launch to Moho, and carries 3 identical surface landers!

Year 9, Day 388 (Pathfinder 4 Launches!)

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 sayburstuff Year 9 Eve, Pathfinder 4, Pathfinder Missions

Pathfinder 4 blasts off, heading for Eve!

After the orbital stage detaches the next stage fires….

Until finally the Nerv engine finishes the burn to Eve! The trip will be a fast one, only 153 days until orbit! (No need to save fuel if the craft isn’t coming back!)

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Year 9, Day 367 (Construction Begins on Pathfinder 4!)

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 sayburstuff Year 9 Eve, Pathfinder 4, Pathfinder Missions

Construction begins on the next Pathfinder probe, pathfinder 4! This probe will be heading to Eve with an aquatic landing probe, a surface probe, and an experimental rover probe!

Year 9, Day 276 (Frontier 3 Neidon Probe Lost)

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 sayburstuff Year 9 Frontier 3, Neidon, Pathfinder 2, Pathfinder Missions, Problems

The Frontier 3 probe launched to Neidon 6 years ago has stopped transmitting. KSEA engineers and scientists think that the crafts solar arrays just weren’t sufficient for transmitting that far out. Just a few weeks ago Frontier 3 was still transmitting at near full strength thanks to the Deep Space Network KSEA has been building, however.

A probe is already on its way to Neidon, Pathfinder 2!

Year 9, Day 198 (Pathfinder Probe Details Released)

October 19, 2018 sayburstuff Year 9 Blueprints, Pathfinder 1, Pathfinder Missions

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After much clamoring from the Kerbal States public for blueprints of the Pathfinder Deep Space Probes (absent mostly because the Kerbal Blueprint department forgot to release it) blueprints of the Pathfinder Deep Space probe is released!

The probe is somewhat unique as it is really 4 probes in one: a mothership that acts as a relay and orbital scanner and 3 planetary probes, which can be customized for whatever the mission might require, such as aquatic probes, atmospheric probes, or a ground lander. A future rover is planned, however the size limitation has made functional mini-rovers quite difficult.

Year 9, Day 90 (Pathfinder 3 Departs Kerbin for Jool!)

October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 sayburstuff Year 9 Jool, Neidon, Pathfinder 2, Pathfinder 3, Pathfinder Missions, Vall

The Pathfinder 3 Probe departs Kerbin for Jool and its moon Vall! At roughly the same time Pathfinder 2 performs a small maneuver to adjust its approach to Nedion… just 7 more years to go and the probe will arrive!

Year 9, Day 30 (Pathfinder 3 Leaves for Jool!)

October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 sayburstuff Year 9 Jool, Pathfinder 3, Pathfinder Missions, Vall

The Pathfinder 3 probe departs for Jool!

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Year 8, Day 277 (Pathfinder 3 Launches!)

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 sayburstuff Year 8 Jool, Pathfinder 3, Pathfinder Missions, Vall

Pathfinder 3 launches! The probe, headed to Jool and ultimately Vall, will sit in a parking orbit until the launch window arrives (in 192 days.) KSEA figured it was better to get the thing in orbit than leave it sitting around the VAB for months!

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Pathfinder 2 Launches for Neidon!

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 sayburstuff Year 8 Neidon, Pathfinder 2, Pathfinder Missions

Pathfinder 2 launches – the destination is the never before visited world of Neidon. While a previous probe was launched to Neidon, Neidon Surveyor, that craft had inferior communications systems and will likely loose communication before it reaches Neidon.